China - Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total)

Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions (% of total) in China was 74.71 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 78.02 in 2002, while its lowest value was 70.96 in 1978.

Definition: Agricultural nitrous oxide emissions are emissions produced through fertilizer use (synthetic and animal manure), animal waste management, agricultural waste burning (nonenergy, on-site), and savannah burning.

Source: World Bank staff estimates from original source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)/Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR): http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/.

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Year	Value
1970	74.65
1971	75.19
1972	74.41
1973	73.14
1974	73.30
1975	72.63
1976	73.29
1977	72.41
1978	70.96
1979	71.62
1980	71.78
1981	72.07
1982	72.46
1983	71.99
1984	72.91
1985	72.65
1986	72.30
1987	73.63
1988	74.48
1989	74.77
1990	74.43
1991	74.08
1992	73.70
1993	72.53
1994	72.57
1995	73.67
1996	73.82
1997	72.02
1998	71.68
1999	74.42
2000	73.30
2001	72.58
2002	78.02
2003	76.25
2004	76.01
2005	75.37
2006	74.83
2007	74.29
2008	74.71

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Emissions